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Afghan President Hamid Karzai displays his finger marked with indelible ink as he leaves the polling station after casting his vote in Kabul. Karzai cast his vote in the country's parliamentary election on September 18 amid tight security following a pre-dawn rocket attack on the capital, an AFP reporter said. Polls opened at 7:00 am (0230 GMT) in the second parliamentary poll since the Taliban were overthrown in the 2001 US-led invasion.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai displays his finger marked with indelible ink as he leaves the polling station after casting his vote in Kabul. Karzai cast his vote in the country's parliamentary election on September 18 amid tight security following a pre-dawn rocket attack on the capital, an AFP reporter said. Polls opened at 7:00 am (0230 GMT) in the second parliamentary poll since the Taliban were overthrown in the 2001 US-led invasion. (Getty Images)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai displays his finger marked with indelible ink as he leaves the polling station after casting his vote in Kabul. Karzai cast his vote in the country's parliamentary election on September 18 amid tight security following a pre-dawn rocket attack on the capital, an AFP reporter said. Polls opened at 7:00 am (0230 GMT) in the second parliamentary poll since the Taliban were overthrown in the 2001 US-led invasion.